The greatest strength of the Adlerian therapy style is its focus on a holistic return to community. By keeping healthy reorientation into society as a goal for personal and individual improvement, Adlerian theory allows for a realistic approach to therapy. This is not performed in a vacuum, assuming the person will only deal with themselves after therapy. It maintains a strong focus on how the individuals receiving therapy can alter their perceptions and grow their personal strengths to better fit into their own communities. It is this desire to support the individual person's innate sense of belonging that is its main strength.
Another important strength of this therapy is its use of encouragement and empowerment. The person undergoing the therapy is empowered through positive encouragement to become a successful member of his or her community. The idea is that in changing the way you look at and responds to the community, you can become a part of that same community and fulfill a deep-seated need to belong.
Adlerian therapy is flexible. It highlights feelings of anxiety and inferiority which can be explored through many different styles of therapy, such as play, art, and talk therapies. It can also be used in group and couple's therapy scenarios. This, in turn, makes Adlerian therapy appropriate for any age group.
Its goals are sustainable in that they encourage insight and personal growth even after therapy has finished. This promotes confidence and self-worth, which leads a person to interact naturally in society and build interactive, healthy relationships within his or her own community.
